Combined egg-beater and potato-masher.



M. CONNER.

COMBINED EGG BEATER AND POTATO MASHER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 30| 3916.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

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Application filed Octo e 1 34 6- To all whom it may concern:

Be i known ha C nner, a citi en of the United States, and resident of Garden Grove, in the county of Decatur and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Combined EggrBeatel' and Potato- Masher, of which the following a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined egg beater and potato i nasher of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A further object is to provide such a device having an upright member with laterally extending blades pivoted thereto, a gearing device slidably mounted on the upright member and connected by suitable means with said blades, said device having a rotating gearing member with a handle thereon, slidably mounted on said upright.

A further object is to provide such a de vice so constructed and arranged that the first gearing device may be held in difierent positions longitudinally of the upright meme ber.

My invention consists in the construction,

arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects con.- templated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in any olaims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which! Figure 1 shows a side elevation of my improved combined egg beater and potato masher in one position of its adjustment. Fig. 2 shows a similar view, the parts being in another of their adjusted positions, and Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of the upright member partly in section, showing the means for holding one of the sliding gearing members in its different positions.

In the drawings herewith whereby my invention is illustrated, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally an upright member having at its upper end a head 11 adapted to fit the palm of the hand.

Mounted on the lower end of the upright member 10 and spaced from each other and from the lower end of the member 10, are two collars 12 which are fixed to the upright. Rotatably mounted on the member 10 between the collars 12, is a sleeve 13 having laterally projecting lugs or cars 14 provided with openings 15. Pivoted to the lugs 14 are stirrer blades 16 which are pivoted'bymeans of bolts or the like 17. Slidably mounted on Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. .30, 1917.

Serial NQ- 1 .28,4= 9- he upright .10 is be d g r 1 h n filida lr ut vn 1 n otatably mo nted the upright 10 above the gear 18 is a sleeve 21, n hi h i r tatab y ounte a e le gear having a handle 23. The beveled gear 22 ed s -gn d to mesh th th e d gear 1811 5521 on th sle 2 s i e in an ngated sl t 2 he upright 21 v The upright 10 is provided, preferably on opposite sides between its ends, with recesses 2 1 and 25. Received in the upper porion at the 29: an se ured t h pight v s the upper and o the pr ng '2 The lower end of he sp ing 26 exten ownwardly ontwardly from he up-.

ight 0, sh wn in g Recei ed the lower p rt on f h recess 25 and secured to the upright 10, is the lower end of a spring 27. The upper end of the pring2 proj cts upward y and way from the pr ght 0- The upper end of h spring 7 i abo e th lower nd of th spring as clearly sh w Spa ed above he prings 27 and 2@ n he upr gh 10 are si il rly arranged springs 28 and 29, with their inner ends secured in recesses similar to the r Gesses 25 and 24.

In the practical use of my improved deyice, when the sleeve 21 is in its raised position it will be seen that it will be above the spring 28 and will be held by the spring 28 against downward movement. The sleeve 21 is held against further upward movement on the upright 10 by a pin 21 The gear 18 may then be moved to its lowered position,

when the stirrer blades 16 are horizontal and Q where the gears mesh, said sleeve will be held against upward movement by the spring 28. The handle 23 may thenbe manipulated for rotating thergear 22, and the blades 16 may be rotated around the upright 10.

If desired the sleeve 21 may be raised, the spring 26 may be forced inwardly and the gear 18 may be raised until the hub 19 rests above the spring 27 with the gears in mesh and with the stirrer blades 16 in their raised positions shown in Fig. 2. -The'reupon the handle 23 may be manipulated for rotating the gear 18 andthe blades 16 for beating eggs or whipping cream or for other purposes. a

It is obvious that my device is of comparatively simple'and inexpensive construction,

and that its parts are adjustable for a wide variety of uses.

"is my intention to cover by the patent to be issued upon this application, any modilied formsof structure in the device, or any use of mechanicalequivalents 1n the manu- V facturejthereof which may be reasonably included within the scopeof the claims of such patent.

' I claim as my invention:

1. Ina device of the class described, an uprightmember, a plurality of stirrer blades pivotally and rotatably mounted thereon, a

gearing device rotatably and slidably mountedon said upright, links pivoted to said gearing device and to the respective stirrer blades, a sleeve slidably but non-rotatably mounted on said upright, and a gear rotatably-mounted on said sleeve andadapted to mesh'with'said first gearing device.

2. In a device of the class described, an

upright member, a plurality of blades piv-' otally and 'rotatably mounted on said up- Copies o1 this patent may be obtained for right, a gearing device slidably mounted on said upright, links pivoted to said gearing device and to the respective blades, adjustable means for holding said gearing device against sliding upwardly on the upright when the gearing device is in its lowermost position, adjustable means for holding the gearing device against sliding downwardly when said gearing device is in the higher position on the upright, a sleeve on said upright, and a gearing mounted on said sleeve adapted to coact with said first gearing device, for imparting rotation around the upright to said blades.

In a device of the class described, an-

upright member, a plurality of blades pivotally and rotatably mounted on said upright, a gearing device slidably mounted'on said upright, links pivoted to said gearing device and to therespective blades," adjustable means for holding said gearing device against sliding upwardly on the upright 7 when the gearingdevice is in its lowermost holding said sleeve against downward movement when in another position on the upright.

Des Moines, Iowa, October 14,1916.

MAY CONNER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of'ratentl. Washington, D. G. I I v 

